A European-Japanese spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole as part of only the second human survey of our solar system's innermost planet.

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...

A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the month – four of which will be visible with the naked eye, Preston Dyches, ...

Earlier this month, the BepiColumbo spacecraft took close-up images of its craters. If a planet is visible from the night side of Earth, it’s always seen along an imaginary path through the sky ...

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south ...

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Venus – this month has sky photographers abuzz. While astronomers flock to places ...

This is one of a series of images taken by the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission on 8 January 2025 as the spacecraft sped by for its sixth and final gravity assist manoeuvre at the planet. Flying over ...

"This agreement represents a significant milestone for Planet; it is our largest contract to date and is a major step forward ...